P4O2 is a vibrant example of collaborative innovation
We have been working with the Precision Medicine for more Oxygen (P4O2) consortium for more than a year now. Yesterday the consortium had a face to face meeting, the first in more than a year. It is clear to me that P4O2 is a vibrant and dynamic consortium.
P4O2 is a public/private partnership funded by Health Holland. The focus is on preventing respiratory disease. Such a focus is a tall order. Most management approaches and most research endeavours focus on reversing the damage done by the disease. This means that there has to be a paradigm shift.
Scott Wagers leading a stakeholder community value proposition participatory design workshop with the P4O2 consortium.
Cohorts, preclinical models, and knowledge all have to develop to focus on prevention. P4O2 includes different respiratory diseases such as COPD and COVID. It is also looking to expand to other conditions such as ILD and include other populations such as children. They have also connected with other groups to develop a more significant cohort that brings in cardiometabolic disease. As such it is becoming more of a platform for preventing chronic disease.
It is only fitting that the Coordinator, Anke Hilse Maitland Van der Zee, started her career as a systems biologist. Anke Hilse is truly a hero of collaborative innovation.
During the meeting, I led a brainstorm on the value that a more comprehensive stakeholder community could gain from interacting with the P4O2 consortium. We are working on helping the consortium design a membership community. As always a participatory approach to design is both inspiring and surprising.
It was also satisfying to see how the consortium, especially those early in their career, has stepped up as leaders by developing ‘fast mover projects’ that link up their work with others in the consortium. They truly made connections that would never have been made without the framework for interaction the consortium provides.
You can find out more about P4O2 here and see some more pictures from the meeting here. Pay attention to our news feed as there will soon be opportunities to join the P4O2 community.
